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The UK’s Bruntwood SciTech has signed a £185m green facility, with the property company planning to use part of the funds to develop specialist scientific workspaces in the north of England.

The UK's Pension Insurance Corp has bought a £40m bond privately issued by Eildon Housing Association, a Scottish social housing provider.

Budweiser Brewing Co Apac was set to price its multi-billion-dollar Hong Kong IPO at the bottom of guidance on Thursday, according to a banker on the deal.

Pampa Energía followed YPF into the international bond markets on Tuesday as Argentine issuers returned after a 14 month hiatus. Investors believe there is scope for certain corporates and even provinces from the country to take advantage of renewed market access.

Santander set a new milestone in the covered bond market on Wednesday with its €1.5bn 10 year, which was one of the most oversubscribed deals of this size and tenor in years.

Bond market participants in Argentina say that more issuers from the country could look to pre-empt election-related uncertainty and take advantage of benign fundraising conditions after Pampa Energía followed in YPF’s footsteps with a 10 year deal on Tuesday.

Two German issuers returned to the corporate euro bond market on Tuesday, amid a thirst for risk among investors sparked by last weekend’s G20 meeting.

The City of London Corporation, via its endowment fund The City’s Cash, has held its first roadshow for its inaugural US private placement notes. The funds will be partly used to finance the consolidation of the Billingsgate, Smithfield and Spitalfields wholesale food markets at a new site in Dagenham, Essex.

Bond investors will have a chance to give a further indication of their appetite for Argentine risk as Pampa Energía looks to follow in YPF’s steps and continue to reactivate the primary markets from the country.

The City of London Corporation, via its endowment fund The City’s Cash, has launched first US private placements (PP), roadshowing the prospective notes this week and next. The funds will be partly used to finance the consolidation of the Billingsgate, Smithfield and Spitalfields wholesale food markets at a new site in Dagenham, Essex.

Gatwick, London's second airport, offered a £300m no-grow 30 year bond into a quieter corporate bond market on Thursday, while Engie, the French power and gas group, issued a €500m non-call 5.75 year hybrid. This slowing of issuance from the frenetic pace earlier in the week was welcomed by bankers concerned investors might have been overtaxed.

Voltalia, the French renewable power producer, has launched a €376m rights issue to finance increased capacity, and has won a new investor in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).